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Subject:	Re: monolith
Newsgroups:	lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands
Followup-To:	lugnet.off-topic.geek
Date:	Thu, 22 Jan 2004 16:13:24 GMT
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In lugnet.general, Dave Schuler wrote:

Best-Lock isn’t quite a full-blown clone because the bricks don’t follow the same proportions as LEGO bricks, whereas MEGABLOKS (a true clone, if you will) does use the same dimensions. For example the proportions of a LEGO 2x4 brick (excluding the studs) are 3x5x10 (height x depth x length), while Best-Lock is 1x2x4 (just like the monolith, now that I think about it. Hmm...)

The monolith was 1x4x9 -- the first three squares.

Yea, I’m a geek... :-)

JohnG, GMLTC fut off-topic.geek

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		Re: Over 70 LEGO products copied
(...) Hi Jason: Best-Lock caused quite a stir (URL) it hit the fan on RTL a few years ago,> largely because of initial perceptions that the Best-Lock minifigs were so similar to LEGO. As it turned out, they were rather different, as were the bricks, (...) (20 years ago, 22-Jan-04, to lugnet.general, lugnet.off-topic.clone-brands, FTX)

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